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Triphylite from
Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Triphylite
Formula:LiFe2+PO4
Comments:Moore (2000) analyzed two triphylite specimens from this locality and found the Mn/Mn + Fe ratio were 0.42 and 0.36.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Triphylite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:28328
Long-form Identifier:1:3:28328:7
GUID (UUID V4):3fca5fbc-89d8-4ac8-8531-804857ef4921
Nearest other occurrences of Triphylite
0.2km (0.1 miles) โ“˜Crooker Gem Pegmatite Quarries, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) โ“˜Bell pit, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) โ“˜Nevel Quarry (Twin tunnels; United Feldspar Quarry), Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) โ“˜Scotty Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
0.4km (0.3 miles) โ“˜Frank Perham prospect, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) โ“˜Whitehall #1 Prospect (Whitehall Quarry), Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) โ“˜Plumbago North pegmatite, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) โ“˜Black Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) โ“˜Lobikis Quarry, Peru, Oxford County, Maine, USA
24.5km (15.2 miles) โ“˜Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE By DAVID M. SEAMAN 36 Winter Street, Norway, Maine 04268 (continued from... is a rather rare mineral in the pegmatites of Maine. Always a secondary mineral, it has been noted as...as crystals on quartz crystals at the Bennett Quarry at Buckfield. Yellow, scalenohedral calcite crystals...pegmaยญ tite with the wall rock at the Tamminen Quarry in Greenwood. C A S S I T E R I T E , tin oxide...noted in small amounts in a number of pegmatites in Maine, chiefly in the lithium replacement zones. It is
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Profession...................184 by Paul Brian Moore Newry Maine - A Pegmatite Phosphate Locality... 189 by Vandall...by an energetic and articulate group, The Tucson Gem & Mineral Society, Inc. Tucยญ son is an attractive...motel rooms usually provide this. For example, the Maine elbaite tourmalines which were thorยญ oughly discussed...for the crystal specimen quality of the San Diego County materials - both old and new. As usual, the exhibits...recent is the McDole Trophyโ€”โ€œBest Minerals at Tucson Gem & Mineral Showโ€”1974โ€. I am travelling around the
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PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE B y D A V I D M. SEAMAN 36 Winter St., Norway, Maine 04268 (Continued from... It is found frequently in the gem pockets in the pegmatites of Maine, formed by the weathering or hydrothermal...Berry Quarry in Poland; also as one of the rare secondary phosphates found at the Dunยญ ton Gem Mine at...at Newry. LA UEITE, another hydrous, mangaยญ nese, and iron phosphate, has been found as a rare mineral...Bennett Quarry at Buckfield, the Dunยญ ton Gem Mine at Newry, and at Black Mt. at Rumford in Maine. Its crystals
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Maine Articles Published in Rocks and Minerals AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DANIEL BEHNKE 2981 Landwehr...Gentleman of Oxford County. Rocks and Minerals 35:28-29. A tribute to "the dean of Maine minerals," Charles...of Buckfield, Maine. Bailey, E . M. 1929. A catalog of minerals found at Rumford, Maine. Rocks and Minerals...Barker, D. S. 1955. The Union Limestone quarry, Union, Maine. Rocks and Minerals 30:365-66. Short description...15:414-15. Short but informative description of Mt. Newry and Black Mt., the specimens found as well as description
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PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE By D A V I D M. S E A M A N 36 Winter St., Norway, Maine 0 4 2 6 8 INTRODUCTION...of minerals have been found in the pegmatites of Maine since the discovery of Mt. Mica near Paris H i l...for gem tourmalines and some new pockets have been found there which have produced not only gem tourmalines...collector many excellent specimens of minerals: gem and colorful tourmalines in various colors including...Rare minerals found here are large masses of triphylite and associated secยญ ondary phosphates as botryoidal
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MINERALS OF MAINE phosphate, has been located as a rare, secondary phosphate with beryllonite at Newry; also...secondary phosphate at the Berry at the gem mine at Newry. Quarry at Poland; also at the Bennett RUTILE...RUTILE, one of the trimorphs of Quarry at Buckfield. titanium dioxide, was noted many years RHODOCHROSITE,... manganese carยญ ago at the Consolidated No. 1 Quarry bonate, has been noted as a rare mineral at Topsham...manganese phosphate, has been noted at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry Maine. SCHEELITE, calcium tungstate, has
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CRYSTALS FROM THE PLUMBAGO NORTH PEGMATITE, OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE WILLIAM B. SIMMONSยง AND ALEXANDER U. FALSTER...FALSTER 2 MP Research Group, Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, Bethel, Maine, USA JAMES W. NIZAMOFF 64 Mineral...Hebron, Maine, USA GARY FREEMAN Freeman Resources, LLC, 48 Lovejoy Road, South Paris, Maine, USA Keywords:...crystals, spodumene, montebrasite, Plumbago North, Maine. INTRODUCTION A new spodumene-bearing pegmatite...on the north side of Plumbago Mountain, Oxford County, Maine. The pegmatite is spodumenerich and is potentially
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Mineralogy by Vandall T. King and Eugene E. Foord Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Walter...Resources Information, Maine Geological Survey Walter A. Anderson, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey...DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 1994 Copyright ยฉ1994 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All...Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...Wendell E. Wilson, ยฉ1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in
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0 n101ercai o of Maine j fยท~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. โ€ข .J_..::.; I Volume...History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T. King Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Robert...Robert G. Marvinney, State Geologist of Maine Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology Edited by...Resources Information, Maine Geologi,cal Survey Robert G Marvinney, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey...DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 2000 Copyright ยฉ2000 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All
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Gardena Blvd., Gardena Coltf. 90247 The Leading GEM and MINERAL HOBBY Magazine P.O. Box 687, Mentone...ยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท 14 OUR COVER, A Gem Of A Horse ยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท...ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท 30 Al>c,ut Gem Cutter's Handbook ยทยทยท-ยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท...ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยท 30 Gem Cutter's Handbook - The Core ond Feeding of Grinding Wheels...NORTHWEST FEDERATION The fomous Pegmatites of Newry, Moine by Gordiner Gregory ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยท
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seen in the matrix. The specimen is from Boron. Maine-Ned Yedlin of New Haven, Conยญ necticut, wanted to...specimen identified. The specimen, from Newry's Dunton Gem quarry conยญ sisted of delicately arborescent, snowwhite..."exhausted" road cut in Mexico, Maine according to Ray Woodman of Auburn, Maine. Continued digging had uncovered...at the White Elephant quarry dump in Pringle, in late spring 1973. This quarry as well as many other...magnification and are associated with laueite in altered triphylite. The blocky, nonstriated pseudolaueite, and the
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scholars to mean turquois, has been identified with the gem minerals of Badakshan (Laufer 19l3). Turquois was... They are enhanced by being set in gold, and no gem sets off gold so well. The finer specimens lose their...turquois has continued to be highly sought-after as a gem and ornamental Stone in every age and culture for...(1980) A manual of mineral names. University Press, Oxford Kunz GF (1971) The curious lore of precious stones...evaporitic rocks at the Incline, Mariposa County and Big Creek, Fresno County, California. The associated minerals
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PEGMATITES AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS OF MAINE INCLUDING FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, MICA, AND GEM DEPOSITS BY EDSON S. BASTIN........... Gem-bearing pegmatites....................................... Origin of the Maine pegmatites...Larsen............................. Application to Maine pegmatites............................... Eutectics.............................. 1.... Androscoggin County.................................................................................... Maine Feldspar Company quarry and mill................... Turner feldspar
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recent is the McDole Trophyโ€”"Best Minerals at Tucson Gem & Mineral Show โ€” 1974". (Private shows by appointment...goal of lo c a lity preservaยญ a state. The Dunton quarry is an example of a lo ca lity tion. Thus, if...fo r co lle ctin g priviledges at an operating quarry. The PRESERVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FIELD COLLECTING...Park, Murfreesboro, Arkansas 101 (4) Dunton Quarry, Newry, M aine covered occasionally, but by the...Chester, Massachusetts (8) Sunstone Locality, Lake County, Oregon he leased the mineral rights to the United
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Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Names, 1892-1978, by P. G. Embrey and J. P. Fuller (Oxford University Press, 1980). Acta Crystallographica...portion of an ore that is not economically valuable. gem A mineral that possesses intrinsic value because...oil shale of the Green River Formation, Uintah County, Utah, associated with authigenic orthoclase, pyrite;
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Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...nes, 1892-1978, by P. G. Embrey and J. P. Fuller (Oxford University P ress, 1980). Acta Crystallographica...portion of an ore that is not economically valuable. gem A mineral that possesses intrinsic value because...the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M
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cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 et), Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75... His works are known to almost every collector, gem cutter, gemologist, and mineralogist. His writings...newer events to bring the history of North American gem 1nining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most...of turquoise and peridot, although for the latter gem, much larger facetable rough crystals appear with
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